Twelfth Step Within Format for Information Gathering: “Ideas that Work”
Type of Project
Newcomers
Project Name
Newcomer Welcome Coin
Project Goal
To provide newcomers with a recovery keepsake from the meeting
Organizing Service Body
Maui Friends of Recovery Intergroup
Contact Information
oamaui@aol.com
Resources Needed (budget, volunteers, materials, etc.)
Any recovery coin with the Serenity Prayer on one side.
Implementation Process (including length of time for planning and implementation)
Purchase coins; print inscription (see below) on slips of paper; cut paper and fold to make a ‘pocket’ for the coin; slip the coin in the pocket or ‘wrap’ the coin with the paper; seal with “removable” clear tape.
Additional Comments (including things of which to be mindful)
This inscription was taken from a quote by AG, speaker at a regional OA conference.
Results
Newcomers have a keepsake to remind them about OA and they also see that we “are not a glum lot”.
Printed Inscriptions on Slips of Paper
If you are feeling tense,
Reach into your pocket or purse
and FEEL your chip . . .
If that doesn’t work,
Feel the side that has the
SERENITY PRAYER on it . . .
If that doesn’t work, take it out
and READ IT!
If that doesn’t work,
Put it under your tongue,
And as soon as it melts,
You can eat!